egroupware
Software suite including calendars, address books, notepad, project management tools, client relationship management tools (CRM), knowledge management tools, a wiki and a CMS.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2,049 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 26.10.20261021 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Basecamp, Zoho and Microsoft Office 365.
At a glance
egroupware quick facts
- Health score
- 80/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 301
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 26.10.20261021, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to egroupware
Full rankings: Basecamp alternatives, Zoho alternatives, Microsoft Office 365 alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "EGroupware 26 can be installed via Docker, in fact the DEB/RPM packages also does that. Instructions on how to run EGroupware in Docker are in our Wiki and in doc/docker subdirectory."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
egroupware scores 80/100, #8 of 20 in Groupware: 2,049 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (26.10.20261021, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 301 stars add 9.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
2049 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
26.10.20261021 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.9 / 20
301 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 2049
- Last 90 days
- 3,590
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 20 tools in Groupware by health , between Openmeetings (#7) and Group Office (#9) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 26.10.20261021 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 301 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | EGroupware/egroupware ↗ |
egroupware vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with egroupware (Groupware), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| CryptPad | 96 | 8k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Nextcloud | 88 | 37k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| egroupware (this tool) | 80 | 301 | GPL-2.0 | today |
| Group Office | 80 | 284 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| ONLYOFFICE | 69 | 7.1k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
egroupware: common questions
What does egroupware replace?
Repoly lists egroupware as an open-source alternative to Basecamp, Zoho and Microsoft Office 365. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where egroupware stands against the others.
Is egroupware still maintained?
egroupware had 2,049 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 26.10.20261021, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.